Documentaries

[Eamonnca1]

I love Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Cosmos.

The science explanations are excellent, really great show watched it a couple of time now.
But he really should leave the politics out of it

Carl Sagan's original didn't back away from politics either, and I think it worked well for both iterations of the show. Sagan made a point or lamenting that every newspaper has a horoscope section but not necessarily a science section, and how many resources are dedicated to war compared to peaceful research. If military budgets were spent instead on space exploration we'd be a lot better off and probably halfway to the nearest star by now.

[Eamonnca1]

Great little YouTube channel here, Tom Scott:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A  Nice little three-minute shorts called Things you Might Not Know. Very informative, always interesting, always something unusual, off-the-beaten-path stuff, and well put together.

Geography Now is a great way to learn about the countries of the world. He's working his way up the alphabet, so the early A countries are a bit rough. But interesting and well put together. Gets a few things wrong (like pronunciations) but still worth subscribing:

https://www.youtube.com/user/GeographyNow

[stew]

I love Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Cosmos.

The science explanations are excellent, really great show watched it a couple of time now.
But he really should leave the politics out of it

Carl Sagan's original didn't back away from politics either, and I think it worked well for both iterations of the show. Sagan made a point or lamenting that every newspaper has a horoscope section but not necessarily a science section, and how many resources are dedicated to war compared to peaceful research. If military budgets were spent instead on space exploration we'd be a lot better off and probably halfway to the nearest star by now.

f**k off you absolute ballix!

Halfway to the nearest star my star, it is too far away, wars stink but come on, we will not be near halfway to the nearest star for a couple of hundred years if even then.

[Eamonnca1]

The scenario imagines no resources wasted on military endeavors, which means our technology would have kept on evolving from the classical era and no dark ages to interrupt it. Industrialization could have happened long before it did.

The nearest star is about 4.3 light years away. If we set off in about 1000AD we'd have made good progress by now.

[Minder]

OJ : Made in America, just finished the ESPN five part documentary. Brilliant stuff.

That jury was a disgrace 

[muppet]

The scenario imagines no resources wasted on military endeavors, which means our technology would have kept on evolving from the classical era and no dark ages to interrupt it. Industrialization could have happened long before it did.

The nearest star is about 4.3 light years away. If we set off in about 1000AD we'd have made good progress by now.

In what, a chariot? 

Military endeavours produced everything from the telescope to the rockets.

[omaghjoe]

Projet Longshot could get us to Alpha centuri in 100 years if there was the will to do it. Thing is within a liberal democracy we would probably need a massive amount of propaganda to allow funding for it. The type that is only really generated within the context of a war or threat of war.

Not to mention that the technology it would use would be nuclear fission....how did we come by that again?

[leenie]

Watched a good documentary from America. All or Nothing: A season with the Arizona Cardinals. 8 episodes long and on Amazon Prime. I like those behind the scenes type shows.

Something similar on netflix. "Last Chance U". America football college team i believe.  I'm yet to watch it but the trailer looks decent.

Good call really enjoyed it

OJ : Made in America, just finished the ESPN five part documentary. Brilliant stuff.

That jury was a disgrace 

Second episode in ... It's v good , mental stuff ,



Good recommendations here ..

[leenie]

The 13th .. it's on Netflix

13TH is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the film is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which theoretically outlawed slavery. DuVernay's documentary argues that slavery is being perpetuated, however, through mass incarceration.

13TH has garnered acclaim from film critics.

[tonto1888]

The scenario imagines no resources wasted on military endeavors, which means our technology would have kept on evolving from the classical era and no dark ages to interrupt it. Industrialization could have happened long before it did.

The nearest star is about 4.3 light years away. If we set off in about 1000AD we'd have made good progress by now.

our nearest star is the sun

[armaghniac]

The interesting documentary on the withdrawal from Saigon is on RTE now. Catch it on the player if you are interested.

[give her dixie]

The interesting documentary on the withdrawal from Saigon is on RTE now. Catch it on the player if you are interested.

I watched that myself. Was a very honest account of the final hours, and the footage was incredible.

Well worth viewing on catch up....

[armaghniac]

The interesting documentary on the withdrawal from Saigon is on RTE now. Catch it on the player if you are interested.

I watched that myself. Was a very honest account of the final hours, and the footage was incredible.

Interesting footage from many perspectives. If you want to nit pick then perhaps a North Vietnamese perspective would have been interesting, no doubt they were happy to let troublemakers just leave.
Vietnam is definitely on the radar for a visit.

[give her dixie]

The interesting documentary on the withdrawal from Saigon is on RTE now. Catch it on the player if you are interested.

I watched that myself. Was a very honest account of the final hours, and the footage was incredible.

Interesting footage from many perspectives. If you want to nit pick then perhaps a North Vietnamese perspective would have been interesting, no doubt they were happy to let troublemakers just leave.
Vietnam is definitely on the radar for a visit.

Footage from the detention centres would have been fairly horrific too.

Like yourself, Vietnam is high on my travel plans. Inside 2 years I hope

[give her dixie]

Very enjoyable show on RTE 2 at the present on Panti........

"Queen Of Ireland"